UK retirement system sticks at world's 17th best

The UK continues to lag behind its global counterparts for retirement security, ranking 17th out of 44 nations in Natixis Investment Managers' global retirement index. While the placing remains the same as in 2018 - and one place higher than in 2017 - declines in health, finances and wellbeing caused its accumulated score to drop marginally from 73% to 72%. In particular, the rating for material wellbeing fell by two percentage points to 69%, ranking 18th compared to 16th in 2018 and 15th in 2017. The measure is based on an assessment of income equality, income per capita, and unemplo...